white stripes - why can't you be nicer to me?
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| Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me? |
| Words and Music by Jack White |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris |
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MIME's NOTES: Tune half step down. or play x44, xx22, x44, x22
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| Tab Definitions: |
| G5: 355xxx |
| F5: 133xxx |
| G: 355433 |
| p: Pull off of note |
| b: Bend to note |
| /: Slide to note |
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INTRO: (Left channel)
One, two, three
G5
e|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|------3-b4-------3-b4-------3b/0-- (3-b4 is a delayed but sharp bend, with no relax)
D|-5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------
A|-5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------
E|-3-3--------3-3--------3-3--------
(Both channels)
G5 F5 G5 F5
RIFF 1: Played 4x
e|------------
B|------------
G|------3-b4--
D|-5-5--------
A|-5-5--------
E|-3-3--------
VERSE 1:
RIFF 1 RIFF 1 F
Somebody's screaming
RIFF 1 4x
Lookin' at the ceiling oh-oh
RIFF 1 RIFF 1 F
Everything's so funny
RIFF 1 4x
I don't have the money oh-oh
RIFF 1 RIFF 1 F
Ah, people don't even know me
RIFF 1 4x (/)
But they know how to show me oh-oh
CHORUS:
Played 3x:
G5 ELECTRIC VIOLIN
e|-------------------------
B|-------------------------
G|---------12-12-10p0-3-0--
D|-5-5--5------------------
A|-5-5--5------------------
E|-3-3--3------------------
F5
Why can't you be nicer to me?
INTRO riff
VERSE 2:
My pride is dying
I think I'm all done lying oh-oh
Nobody's sharing
So I stop caring oh-oh
All alone and walking
Nobody's talking oh-oh
Hey!
CHORUS
VERSE 3:
Well the wind is blowing
Where am I going? oh-oh
Off a bridge and falling
Nobody's calling oh-oh
On the ground and laying
Nobody's praying oh-oh
CHORUS
ELECTRIC VIOLIN SOLO:
e|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-- this string is not in the violin part, but it makes the guitar more like it
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
G (clean)